diff --git a/packages/browser/src/transports/base.ts b/packages/browser/src/transports/base.ts
index 0b4fb9faa195..042311d53694 100644
--- a/packages/browser/src/transports/base.ts
+++ b/packages/browser/src/transports/base.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import {
   eventStatusFromHttpCode,
   getGlobalObject,
   logger,
+  makePromiseBuffer,
   parseRetryAfterHeader,
   PromiseBuffer,
   SentryError,
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ export abstract class BaseTransport implements Transport {
   protected readonly _api: APIDetails;
 
   /** A simple buffer holding all requests. */
-  protected readonly _buffer: PromiseBuffer<SentryResponse> = new PromiseBuffer(30);
+  protected readonly _buffer: PromiseBuffer<SentryResponse> = makePromiseBuffer(30);
 
   /** Locks transport after receiving rate limits in a response */
   protected readonly _rateLimits: Record<string, Date> = {};
diff --git a/packages/core/test/mocks/transport.ts b/packages/core/test/mocks/transport.ts
index 29c3be68d226..1037fada987d 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/mocks/transport.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/mocks/transport.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Event, Response, Transport } from '@sentry/types';
-import { PromiseBuffer, SyncPromise } from '@sentry/utils';
+import { makePromiseBuffer, PromiseBuffer, SyncPromise } from '@sentry/utils';
 
 async function sleep(delay: number): Promise<void> {
   return new SyncPromise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, delay));
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export class FakeTransport implements Transport {
   public delay: number = 2000;
 
   /** A simple buffer holding all requests. */
-  protected readonly _buffer: PromiseBuffer<Response> = new PromiseBuffer(9999);
+  protected readonly _buffer: PromiseBuffer<Response> = makePromiseBuffer(9999);
 
   public sendEvent(_event: Event): PromiseLike<Response> {
     this.sendCalled += 1;
diff --git a/packages/node/src/transports/base/index.ts b/packages/node/src/transports/base/index.ts
index 42376ec653e5..6225bed07c14 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/transports/base/index.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/transports/base/index.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,14 @@ import {
   Transport,
   TransportOptions,
 } from '@sentry/types';
-import { eventStatusFromHttpCode, logger, parseRetryAfterHeader, PromiseBuffer, SentryError } from '@sentry/utils';
+import {
+  eventStatusFromHttpCode,
+  logger,
+  makePromiseBuffer,
+  parseRetryAfterHeader,
+  PromiseBuffer,
+  SentryError,
+} from '@sentry/utils';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as http from 'http';
 import * as https from 'https';
@@ -43,7 +50,7 @@ export abstract class BaseTransport implements Transport {
   protected _api: APIDetails;
 
   /** A simple buffer holding all requests. */
-  protected readonly _buffer: PromiseBuffer<Response> = new PromiseBuffer(30);
+  protected readonly _buffer: PromiseBuffer<Response> = makePromiseBuffer(30);
 
   /** Locks transport after receiving rate limits in a response */
   protected readonly _rateLimits: Record<string, Date> = {};
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/promisebuffer.ts b/packages/utils/src/promisebuffer.ts
index 94c4a8f48d00..5aee7b449135 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/promisebuffer.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/promisebuffer.ts
@@ -22,18 +22,36 @@ function allPromises<U = unknown>(collection: Array<U | PromiseLike<U>>): Promis
   });
 }
 
-/** A simple queue that holds promises. */
-export class PromiseBuffer<T> {
-  /** Internal set of queued Promises */
-  private readonly _buffer: Array<PromiseLike<T>> = [];
+export interface PromiseBuffer<T> {
+  length(): number;
+  add(taskProducer: () => PromiseLike<T>): PromiseLike<T>;
+  remove(task: PromiseLike<T>): PromiseLike<T>;
+  drain(timeout?: number): PromiseLike<boolean>;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Creates an new PromiseBuffer object with the specified limit
+ * @param limit max number of promises that can be stored in the buffer
+ */
+export function makePromiseBuffer<T>(limit?: number): PromiseBuffer<T> {
+  const buffer: Array<PromiseLike<T>> = [];
+
+  function length(): number {
+    return buffer.length;
+  }
 
-  public constructor(protected _limit?: number) {}
+  function isReady(): boolean {
+    return limit === undefined || buffer.length < limit;
+  }
 
   /**
-   * Says if the buffer is ready to take more requests
+   * Remove a promise from the queue.
+   *
+   * @param task Can be any PromiseLike<T>
+   * @returns Removed promise.
    */
-  public isReady(): boolean {
-    return this._limit === undefined || this.length() < this._limit;
+  function remove(task: PromiseLike<T>): PromiseLike<T> {
+    return buffer.splice(buffer.indexOf(task), 1)[0];
   }
 
   /**
@@ -46,47 +64,29 @@ export class PromiseBuffer<T> {
    *        limit check.
    * @returns The original promise.
    */
-  public add(taskProducer: () => PromiseLike<T>): PromiseLike<T> {
-    if (!this.isReady()) {
+  function add(taskProducer: () => PromiseLike<T>): PromiseLike<T> {
+    if (!isReady()) {
       return SyncPromise.reject(new SentryError('Not adding Promise due to buffer limit reached.'));
     }
 
     // start the task and add its promise to the queue
     const task = taskProducer();
-    if (this._buffer.indexOf(task) === -1) {
-      this._buffer.push(task);
+    if (buffer.indexOf(task) === -1) {
+      buffer.push(task);
     }
     void task
-      .then(() => this.remove(task))
+      .then(() => remove(task))
       // Use `then(null, rejectionHandler)` rather than `catch(rejectionHandler)` so that we can use `PromiseLike`
       // rather than `Promise`. `PromiseLike` doesn't have a `.catch` method, making its polyfill smaller. (ES5 didn't
       // have promises, so TS has to polyfill when down-compiling.)
       .then(null, () =>
-        this.remove(task).then(null, () => {
-          // We have to add another catch here because `this.remove()` starts a new promise chain.
+        remove(task).then(null, () => {
+          // We have to add another catch here because `remove()` starts a new promise chain.
         }),
       );
     return task;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Remove a promise from the queue.
-   *
-   * @param task Can be any PromiseLike<T>
-   * @returns Removed promise.
-   */
-  public remove(task: PromiseLike<T>): PromiseLike<T> {
-    const removedTask = this._buffer.splice(this._buffer.indexOf(task), 1)[0];
-    return removedTask;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * This function returns the number of unresolved promises in the queue.
-   */
-  public length(): number {
-    return this._buffer.length;
-  }
-
   /**
    * Wait for all promises in the queue to resolve or for timeout to expire, whichever comes first.
    *
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ export class PromiseBuffer<T> {
    * @returns A promise which will resolve to `true` if the queue is already empty or drains before the timeout, and
    * `false` otherwise
    */
-  public drain(timeout?: number): PromiseLike<boolean> {
+  function drain(timeout?: number): PromiseLike<boolean> {
     return new SyncPromise<boolean>(resolve => {
       // wait for `timeout` ms and then resolve to `false` (if not cancelled first)
       const capturedSetTimeout = setTimeout(() => {
@@ -106,10 +106,19 @@ export class PromiseBuffer<T> {
       }, timeout);
 
       // if all promises resolve in time, cancel the timer and resolve to `true`
-      void allPromises(this._buffer).then(() => {
+      void allPromises(buffer).then(() => {
         clearTimeout(capturedSetTimeout);
         resolve(true);
       });
     });
   }
+
+  const promiseBuffer: PromiseBuffer<T> = {
+    length,
+    add,
+    remove,
+    drain,
+  };
+
+  return promiseBuffer;
 }
diff --git a/packages/utils/test/promisebuffer.test.ts b/packages/utils/test/promisebuffer.test.ts
index 47b3cc8a5444..7e9930ecc55b 100644
--- a/packages/utils/test/promisebuffer.test.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/test/promisebuffer.test.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
-import { PromiseBuffer } from '../src/promisebuffer';
+import { makePromiseBuffer } from '../src/promisebuffer';
 import { SyncPromise } from '../src/syncpromise';
 
 describe('PromiseBuffer', () => {
   describe('add()', () => {
     test('no limit', () => {
-      const buffer = new PromiseBuffer();
+      const buffer = makePromiseBuffer();
       const p = jest.fn(() => new SyncPromise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve)));
       void buffer.add(p);
       expect(buffer.length()).toEqual(1);
     });
 
     test('with limit', () => {
-      const buffer = new PromiseBuffer(1);
+      const buffer = makePromiseBuffer(1);
       let task1;
       const producer1 = jest.fn(() => {
         task1 = new SyncPromise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve));
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ describe('PromiseBuffer', () => {
 
   describe('drain()', () => {
     test('without timeout', async () => {
-      const buffer = new PromiseBuffer();
+      const buffer = makePromiseBuffer();
       for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
         void buffer.add(() => new SyncPromise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve)));
       }
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ describe('PromiseBuffer', () => {
     });
 
     test('with timeout', async () => {
-      const buffer = new PromiseBuffer();
+      const buffer = makePromiseBuffer();
       for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
         void buffer.add(() => new SyncPromise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 100)));
       }
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ describe('PromiseBuffer', () => {
     });
 
     test('on empty buffer', async () => {
-      const buffer = new PromiseBuffer();
+      const buffer = makePromiseBuffer();
       expect(buffer.length()).toEqual(0);
       const result = await buffer.drain();
       expect(result).toEqual(true);
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ describe('PromiseBuffer', () => {
   });
 
   test('resolved promises should not show up in buffer length', async () => {
-    const buffer = new PromiseBuffer();
+    const buffer = makePromiseBuffer();
     const producer = () => new SyncPromise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve));
     const task = buffer.add(producer);
     expect(buffer.length()).toEqual(1);
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ describe('PromiseBuffer', () => {
   });
 
   test('rejected promises should not show up in buffer length', async () => {
-    const buffer = new PromiseBuffer();
+    const buffer = makePromiseBuffer();
     const producer = () => new SyncPromise((_, reject) => setTimeout(reject));
     const task = buffer.add(producer);
     expect(buffer.length()).toEqual(1);
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ describe('PromiseBuffer', () => {
   });
 
   test('resolved task should give an access to the return value', async () => {
-    const buffer = new PromiseBuffer<string>();
+    const buffer = makePromiseBuffer<string>();
     const producer = () => new SyncPromise<string>(resolve => setTimeout(() => resolve('test')));
     const task = buffer.add(producer);
     const result = await task;
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ describe('PromiseBuffer', () => {
 
   test('rejected task should give an access to the return value', async () => {
     expect.assertions(1);
-    const buffer = new PromiseBuffer<string>();
+    const buffer = makePromiseBuffer<string>();
     const producer = () => new SyncPromise<string>((_, reject) => setTimeout(() => reject(new Error('whoops'))));
     const task = buffer.add(producer);
     try {